Zemanek-Münster

Dagger-knife with sheath ·  Nigeria, Adamawa, Tiv or Vere · ID: 3035131

sold EUR 600
Provenance
Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch

Description

bronze with patina, elaborate handle, partly open worked sheath, min. dam., slight traces of usage and abrasion;
in Adamawa can be found beautifully designed knives with bronze plate cast handles and thin, cast metal sheaths which are supposed to resemble leatherwork.


The object Dagger-knife with sheath with the object ID 3035131 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 206 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 33, ill. 40


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